Species Account: The Cuban green
anole uses the trunk and canopy of trees from 1-6 m above the
ground. A colony in North Miami was established around 1991, but a
colony in South Miami is about 4 years older (Meshaka et al. 1997).
It primarily preys upon small insects, but nectar, flowers, fruit,
and smaller lizards are also eaten (Meshaka et al. 1997, Townsend
2003). Its broad diet, familiarity with sympatric exotic anole
species, and persistent colonies suggest that this species will
succeed in other parts of extreme southern Florida, but it may be
limited by the ubiquity of the abundant, predatory knight anole
(Anolis equestris). (Meshaka et al. 1997)